Comb accessory

ABSTRACT

A comb accessory, including: a board, for being held by a user&#39;s hand; and a first fabric, at least one end thereof attached to the board, thereby allowing, by holding the board, to thread teeth of a comb into the first fabric, for later removing the first fabric therefrom, thereby cleaning the teeth by the first fabric.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional application 62/426,530, filed 27 Nov. 2016, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention relates to the field of combs. More particularly, the invention relates to an accessory for accompanying cleaning lice by a comb.

BACKGROUND

A comb includes a body and teeth extending therefrom. The teeth of a lice comb are dense, for picking out lice, eggs, and other undesirable matter.

The comb, particularly when used for picking lice, must be cleaned after use. This is performed by hand, paper, flowing water or other means.

Since all these means are external to the comb, and unaesthetic, lice combing is a nasty activity.

There is a long felt need to provide a solution to the above-mentioned and other problems of the prior art.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments, features, and aspects of the invention are described herein in conjunction with the following drawings:

FIG. 1 depicts a comb cleaning apparatus, according to one embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 depicts the comb cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1, at the first step of use.

FIG. 3 depicts the comb cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1 at the second step of use.

FIG. 4 depicts the comb cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1 at the third step of use.

FIG. 5 depicts the comb cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1 according to another embodiment.

The drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The invention will be understood from the following detailed description of embodiments of the invention, which are meant to be descriptive and not limiting. For the sake of brevity, some well-known features are not described in detail.

The reference numbers have been used to point out elements in the embodiments described and illustrated herein, in order to facilitate the understanding of the invention. They are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting. Also, the foregoing embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated in conjunction with systems and methods thereof, which are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting.

FIG. 1 depicts a comb cleaning apparatus, according to one embodiment of the invention.

A comb cleaning apparatus 10 includes a fabric or sieve 14A; a board 16; and stitches 18 for connecting ends 50A and 50B of (hidden in the figure) fabric 14A to board 16, for allowing holding fabric 14A by board 16.

According to one embodiment, board 16 includes two regions 42A and 42B, each for being held by one hand of the user, such that fabric 14A is disposed between regions 42A and 42B and not covered thereby.

FIG. 2 depicts the comb cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1, at the first step of use.

At the first step, the user holds region 42A of board 16 with a first hand; holds region 42B with a second hand; places fabric 14A on the teeth 12 of a comb 40; and presses each of regions 42A and 42B parallel to teeth 12 and therealong, as shown by arrow 20, towards the handle 52 of comb 40, while the bottom 44 of handle 52 is supported, e.g., by rests a table.

The above operation provides significant force of drawing away ends 50A and 50B of fabric 14A one from the other, thus it stretches fabric 14A, and further presses fabric 14A onto teeth 12, such that teeth 12 perforate fabric 14A, thereby threading themselves therethrough.

FIG. 3 depicts the comb cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1 at the second step of use.

At the second step of use, the user places comb cleaning apparatus 10 at the end of teeth 12, and may the comb the hair.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of comb cleaning apparatus 10 having one region 42A of board 16.

FIG. 4 depicts the comb cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1 at the third step of use.

At the third step, the user lifts any of regions 42A or 42B, as shown by arrow 24, and further pulls comb cleaning apparatus 10, for removing it from comb 40, thereby removing the lice from teeth 12.

FIG. 5 depicts the comb cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1 according to another embodiment.

Comb cleaning apparatus 10 may further include a fabric 14B, being removably stuck to fabric 14A.

Accordingly at the third step, the user may lift fabric 14A with board 16 from teeth 12, while holding fabric 14B for not allowing removal thereof, thus separating fabric 14A only, with the dirt, from teeth 12 and from fabric 14B.

Then, the user may again comb the hair.

Comb cleaning apparatus 10 may further include a fabric 14C, being removably stuck to fabric 14C.

Then, the user may lift fabric 14B alone from teeth 12, while holding fabric 14C for not allowing removal thereof, thus separating fabric 14B only from teeth 12 and from fabric 14C.

Thus, in one aspect, the invention is directed to a comb accessory (10), including:

-   -   a board (16), for being held by a user's hand; and     -   a first fabric (14A), at least one end (50A) thereof attached to         the board (16),

thereby allowing, by holding the board (16), to thread teeth (12) of a comb (40) into the first fabric (14A), for later removing the first fabric (14A) therefrom,

thereby cleaning the teeth (12) by the first fabric (14A).

The at least one end (50A) of the first fabric (14A), being attached to the board (16), may include at least two ends (50A, 50B) of the first fabric (14A) being attached to the board (16), thereby forming two regions (42A, 42B) of the board (16), each of being held by a different hand, for allowing forcible pressing, by the hands, the first fabric (14A) onto the teeth (12), for applying the threading thereof into the first fabric (14A).

The comb accessory (10) may further include:

-   -   a second fabric (14B), being removably stuck to the first fabric         (14A),

thereby the threading of the teeth (12) into the first fabric (14A) threads the teeth (12) into the second fabric (14B) as well, and

thereby upon the later removing of the first fabric (14A), allowing leaving the second fabric (14B) on the teeth (12),

thereby allowing further cleaning the teeth (12) by the second fabric (14B).

The comb accessory (10) may further include:

-   -   a third fabric (14C), being removably stuck to the second fabric         (14B),

thereby the threading of the teeth (12) into the first fabric (14A) threads the teeth (12) into the third fabric (14C) as well, and

thereby allowing removing the second fabric (14B), for leaving the third fabric (14C) on the teeth (12).

thereby allowing further cleaning the teeth (12) by the third fabric (14C).

The attaching of the first fabric (14A) to the board (16) may constitute stitching, for provide strong force of the attaching.

The material of the board (16) may be paperboard, thereby allow the stitching.

In the figures and/or description herein, the following reference numerals (Reference Signs List) have been mentioned:

-   -   numeral 10 denotes the comb accessory, being the comb cleaning         apparatus, according to one embodiment of the invention;     -   numeral 12 denotes the comb's tooth;     -   numeral 14A denotes the fabric stitched to the board;     -   numeral 14B denotes the fabric removably attached to fabric 14A;     -   numeral 14C denotes the fabric removably attached to fabric 14B;         additional fabrics may be removably attached;     -   numeral 16 denotes a board for holding the fabric; typically the         material thereof is paperboard, for allowing stitching onto;     -   numeral 18 denotes a stitch;     -   numeral 20 denotes the direction of pulling the boards for         pressing the fabric onto the comb's teeth;     -   numeral 22 denotes the direction of removing the fabric from the         comb;     -   numeral 24 denotes the rotation and lifting of the board;     -   numeral 40 denotes the comb;     -   numerals 42A and 42B denote two regions of the board;     -   numeral 44 denotes the bottom of the comb's handle;     -   numeral 46 denotes a table;     -   numerals 50A and 50B denote ends of the fabric, being stitched         to the board; and     -   numeral 52 denotes the comb's handle.

The foregoing description and illustrations of the embodiments of the invention has been presented for the purposes of illustration. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the above description in any form.

Any term that has been defined above and used in the claims, should to be interpreted according to this definition.

The reference numbers in the claims are not a part of the claims, but rather used for facilitating the reading thereof. These reference numbers should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any form. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A comb accessory, comprising: a board, for being held by a user's hand; and a first fabric, at least one end thereof attached to said board, thereby allowing, by holding said board, to thread teeth of a comb into said first fabric, for later removing said first fabric therefrom, thereby cleaning said teeth by said first fabric.
 2. A comb accessory according to claim 1, wherein said at least one end of said first fabric being attached to said board comprises at least two ends of said first fabric being attached to said board, thereby forming two regions (42A, 42B) of said board, each for being held by a different hand, for allowing forcible pressing, by said hands, said first fabric onto said teeth, for applying said threading thereof into said first fabric.
 3. A comb accessory according to claim 1, further comprising: a second fabric, being removably stuck to said first fabric, thereby said threading of said teeth into said first fabric threads said teeth into said second fabric as well, and thereby upon said later removing of said first fabric, allowing leaving said second fabric on said teeth, thereby allowing further cleaning said teeth by said second fabric.
 4. A comb accessory according to claim 3, further comprising: a third fabric, being removably stuck to said second fabric, thereby said threading of said teeth into said first fabric threads said teeth into said third fabric as well, and thereby allowing removing said second fabric, for leaving said third fabric on said teeth. thereby allowing further cleaning said teeth by said third fabric.
 5. A comb accessory according to claim 1, wherein said attaching of said first fabric to said board comprises stitching, for increasing force of said attaching.
 6. A comb accessory according to claim 1, wherein said board comprises paperboard. 